Highbury East Liberal Democrats

After many comments from residents about bus safety and bus driver behaviour the council has taken action to improve things for Islington residents on public transport.

The aim is to ensure drivers respect the local residents and businesses along their routes, and passengers respect both drivers and fellow travellers.

And we need you to report incidents - this allows the council, the police and transport for London to take action - including extra training for drivers so that you can be more confident when travelling by bus.

There are a number of ways to ensure London Buses can identify the driver and vehicle on a particular route:

• The vehicle registration number - this can be found on both the front and rear of the bus on the license plates.

• The vehicle fleet number - this can be found above the front passenger door, on the drivers side above, to the front of the wing mirror and on the rear of the bus in white writing above the downstairs window (example - TE666)

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• The route running number which can be found on a yellow plate above the front wheel on the passenger side and on drivers side below the drivers side window (example - 18).

It is also important to note one of these numbers when reporting anti social behaviour of passengers on buses to assist in identifying the person causing the problems.  Anti - social behaviour on buses does not just relate to abusive, and offensive or violent behaviour. Playing music loudly or eating strong smelling food can cause nuisance to fellow passengers, so always remember to think of your fellow passengers, not everyone enjoys the same music or food aromas.

To report an incident or find out more contact Helen Fallon on  020 7527 2785 or by clicking here.